Cameron Risks Losing Syria Vote as Labour Demands More Evidence
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Prime Minister David Cameron risks defeat in a vote in Parliament on Syria today, with the Labour opposition refusing to back him, saying Britain shouldn’t rush into military action.
Lawmakers are debating a call by Cameron to endorse the principle of a military response to what he says is clear evidence of a chemical-weapons attack near Damascus last week by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. They’ll vote at about 10 p.m. in London. The government published an assessment by Attorney General Dominic Grieve today that limited military intervention would be “legally justifiable.”